A message from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities' Curate Your Culture series:

Join us for the second installation of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ three-part series entitled Curate Your Culture: Community Conversations.  The “Healing Through Art” conversation will explore how local District of Columbia organizations are using the arts as an outlet to heal and explore the minds and bodies of those within our community.

The panel discussion will focus on how the arts and humanities are playing a critical role in the health and healing of those facing physical and psychological challenges.  How can creative expression help individuals suffering from terminal illness, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), emotional distress and other physical ailments?

Our panelists are:
Gay Hanna, Ph.D., M.F.A, executive director of the National Center for Creative Aging
Captain Moira McGuire, Chief, Integrative Health and Wellness; program manager of the Warrior Clinic and director of the Creative Arts Program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center 
Shanti Norris, executive director of the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts 
Jeff Majors, musician and music therapist

Moderated by: Hawah Kasat, co-founder/executive director of One Common Unity

Additionally, the Rev. Joani Peacock, a storyteller, will kick off the evening with a 10-minute story about living with mental illness and the role the arts can play in recovery.

Date: Wednesday, June 3
Time: 6:00 p.m
Cost: Free
Location: Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, 1632 U St NW, Washington, DC 20009
There is still time to register here.


Elevation DC is a media sponsor of this event.



The Curate Your Culture: Community Conversations series seeks to collect ideas, suggestions, and input from members of the community that will ultimately take an active role in shaping the vision for the cultural landscape of the District.

As the District continues to grow and evolve, these events will best thrive if we hear ideas, suggestions and commentary from everyone who benefits from art around the city. Involvement from artists, arts advocates and art patrons will offer much-needed input to improve the environments where we live, work and play.

The city is ours. It’s up to us to shape its cultural landscape.

The Community Conversation Series is funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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